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Kim Dotcom's extradition hearing live stream makes legal history but no dramahttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/31/kim-dotcom-extradition-hearing-live-stream-legal-history-no-drama
<p>Technical hitches, legalese and tedium bedevil first live broadcast from a New Zealand court as Dotcom fights US extradition bid on online piracy charges</p><p>The live streaming of Kim Dotcom’s extradition hearing in a New Zealand high court kicked off on Wednesday with warped pictures, delayed audio and dwindling viewership as the day wore on.</p><p>Megaupload founder Dotcom is fighting an extradition order to the United States, where he is wanted on online piracy charges.</p><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At home court <a href="https://t.co/rjV5Lnfcyy">pic.twitter.com/rjV5Lnfcyy</a></p><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The court is now on lunch break. Live stream will resume after stomach was filled with delicious nutrition and chilled liquid. Stay tuned :)</p><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Students! If you want to know the truth – that legal advocacy is *just like* Ally McBe… sorry, Suits – tune into the Dotcom livestream!</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/30/kim-dotcom-live-stream-extradition-court-hearing-new-zealand">Kim Dotcom wins right to live stream extradition court hearing</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/31/kim-dotcom-extradition-hearing-live-stream-legal-history-no-drama">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomLive streamingNew ZealandUS newsMegauploadInternetTechnologyWorld newsWed, 31 Aug 2016 06:28:12 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/31/kim-dotcom-extradition-hearing-live-stream-legal-history-no-dramaPhotograph: Kate Dwek/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Kate Dwek/AFP/Getty ImagesEleanor Ainge Roy2016-08-31T06:28:12ZKim Dotcom wins right to live stream extradition court hearinghttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/30/kim-dotcom-live-stream-extradition-court-hearing-new-zealand
<p>US authorities opposed the move, but New Zealand judge rules live broadcast can start on Wednesday, as internet entrepreneur battles online piracy charges</p><p>Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has been granted his wish to live stream his bid to avoid extradition to the United States, where he is wanted on online piracy charges.<br></p><p>Attempts by the US to block the live streaming request were rejected by Judge Murray Gilbert in the Auckland high court on Tuesday.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/14/megauploads-kim-dotcom-seeks-to-retain-millions-in-assets">Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom seeks to retain millions in assets</a> </p><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I will post the live streaming link here ASAP. This is breaking new ground. New Zealand at the forefront of transparent Justice! Leadership!</p><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Live stream will start tomorrow. The cameraman needs to set this up professionally and implement the Judges live streaming rules. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/winning?src=hash">#winning</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/30/kim-dotcom-live-stream-extradition-court-hearing-new-zealand">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomTechnologyNew ZealandUS newsMegauploadLive streamingInternetTue, 30 Aug 2016 03:26:41 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/30/kim-dotcom-live-stream-extradition-court-hearing-new-zealandPhotograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty ImagesAgence France-Presse2016-08-30T03:26:41ZMegaupload’s Kim Dotcom seeks to retain millions in assetshttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/14/megauploads-kim-dotcom-seeks-to-retain-millions-in-assets
<p>US federal court rules the German tech entrepreneur could not recover his assets because he is ‘a fugitive’ – but he vows to fight on</p><p>German tech entrepreneur and alleged internet pirate Kim Dotcom will seek a review of a federal court decision which rejected his bid to keep hold of millions of dollars in assets held in Hong Kong and New Zealand, his lawyer said.</p><p>A three-judge panel of the 4th circuit US court of appeals ruled two to one on Friday that Dotcom could not recover his assets because <a draggable="true" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/23/kim-dotcoms-extradition-to-us-cleared-by-new-zealand-judge">by remaining outside the US, he was a fugitive, which disentitled him from using the resources to fight his case. </a></p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/23/kim-dotcoms-extradition-to-us-cleared-by-new-zealand-judge">Kim Dotcom's extradition to US cleared by New Zealand judge</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/23/kim-dotcom-megaupload-music-industry">Kim Dotcom's Megaupload heyday is ancient history for the music industry</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/14/megauploads-kim-dotcom-seeks-to-retain-millions-in-assets">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomTechnologyNew ZealandMegauploadUS newsInternetAsia PacificLawCourt of appealSun, 14 Aug 2016 03:31:17 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/14/megauploads-kim-dotcom-seeks-to-retain-millions-in-assetsPhotograph: Nigel Marple/ReutersPhotograph: Nigel Marple/ReutersReuters2016-08-14T03:31:17ZKim Dotcom's Megaupload heyday is ancient history for the music industryhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/23/kim-dotcom-megaupload-music-industry
<p>Entrepreneur may be facing extradition to the US, but in 2016, labels will be more focused on navigating the changing economics of streaming</p><p>You might expect champagne corks to be popping within major music labels at the news that a New Zealand court has ruled <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/23/kim-dotcoms-extradition-to-us-cleared-by-new-zealand-judge">Kim Dotcom can be extradited to the US</a> to face charges of copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering.</p><p>In his heyday at cloud storage service Megaupload, Dotcom became a cartoon villain for music rightsholders – and their compatriots in the film, games and software industries – as they saw the company as a haven for illegal filesharing. Yet that heyday is ancient history for a music industry that has been going through an intense period of digital disruption in recent years. <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/jan/20/megaupload-shutdown-guns-cars-cash-seized">Dotcom was arrested and his site shut down</a> nearly four years ago, in January 2012.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/23/kim-dotcom-megaupload-music-industry">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomMegauploadTechnologyDigital music and audioFilesharingPiracyInternetWed, 23 Dec 2015 15:44:30 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/23/kim-dotcom-megaupload-music-industryPhotograph: Michael Bradley/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Michael Bradley/AFP/Getty ImagesStuart Dredge2015-12-23T15:44:30ZKim Dotcom reacts to court extradition ruling: 'this is not the last word on the matter' – videohttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2015/dec/23/kim-dotcom-megaupload-reacts-to-court-extradition-ruling-this-is-not-the-last-word-on-the-matter-video
<p>Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, reacts to a New Zealand court’s ruling that he can be extradited to the United States to face charges of copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering. The decision, which can be appealed, comes almost four years after New Zealand police first raided Dotcom’s mansion west of Auckland at the behest of the FBI. </p><ul><li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/23/kim-dotcoms-extradition-to-us-cleared-by-new-zealand-judge">Kim Dotcom’s extradition to US cleared by New Zealand judge</a></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2015/dec/23/kim-dotcom-megaupload-reacts-to-court-extradition-ruling-this-is-not-the-last-word-on-the-matter-video">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomNew ZealandMegauploadInternetComputingFilesharingFBIUS newsWorld newsWed, 23 Dec 2015 08:08:47 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2015/dec/23/kim-dotcom-megaupload-reacts-to-court-extradition-ruling-this-is-not-the-last-word-on-the-matter-videoPhotograph: guardian.co.uk140x84 trailpic for Kim DotcomPhotograph: guardian.co.uk140x84 trailpic for Kim DotcomGuardian Staff2015-12-23T08:08:47ZKim Dotcom launches end-to-end encrypted voice chat ‘Skype killer’https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/22/kim-dotcom-launches-encrypted-voice-chat-skype-killer
<p>New MegaChat promises secure, encrypted and ‘private’ video chatting through a browser</p><p>Kim Dotcom’s encrypted file sharing service has added free end-to-end encrypted voice and video chat through the browser.<br></p><p>MegaChat, which promises to keep video chats secure and private, has been developed by the Mega “Conspiracy Team” and is being described as a “Skype killer” by Dotcom.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data">Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages</a> </p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mega?src=hash">#Mega</a> offers a security bounty again. Please report any security flaw to us. We'll fix it and reward you. Thanks for helping.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/22/kim-dotcom-launches-encrypted-voice-chat-skype-killer">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomTechnologyInternetSkypeMicrosoftComputingTelecomsMegauploadFilesharingThu, 22 Jan 2015 12:45:56 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/22/kim-dotcom-launches-encrypted-voice-chat-skype-killerPhotograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty ImagesSamuel Gibbs2015-01-22T12:45:56ZKim Dotcom must reveal his wealth to Hollywood studioshttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/20/kim-dotcom-reveal-wealth-hollywood-studios
<p>Internet entrepreneur loses bid to keep assets secret from studios suing him in US for alleged copyright breaches<br></p><p>Kim Dotcom will have to reveal how much money he has after losing a bid to keep his assets a secret from five Hollywood film studios.<br> </p><p>The internet entrepreneur, who is facing extradition to the US over alleged copyright infringement, launched an appeal earlier this month against a New Zealand high court order requiring him to disclose his worldwide financial assets to the studios.<br> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/20/kim-dotcom-reveal-wealth-hollywood-studios">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomNew ZealandInternetMegauploadUS newsWorld newsAsia PacificFilmMon, 20 Oct 2014 00:47:33 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/20/kim-dotcom-reveal-wealth-hollywood-studiosPhotograph: Simon Watts/Getty ImagesKim DotcomPhotograph: Simon Watts/Getty ImagesKim DotcomAustralian Associated Press2014-10-20T00:47:33ZNew Zealand election: party over for Kim Dotcom as PM wins with landslidehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/20/new-zealand-election-john-key-kim-dotcom-landslide
John Key wins third term, as alliance between Kim Dotcom and the Maori Mana Movement fails to win a single seat<p>In the 32 months since the ostentatious FBI-backed raid on Kim Dotcom's opulent home north of Auckland, the German émigré has become an integral, irrepressible and unavoidable force in New Zealand politics.</p><p>Undaunted by US attempts to extradite him to face charges stemming from alleged copyright breaches by his Megaupload website, Dotcom mounted a vigorous counterattack, both in the courts and the public square, ultimately leading to the resignation of two ministers of the crown and a seething feud with the prime minister, John Key.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/20/new-zealand-election-john-key-kim-dotcom-landslide">Continue reading...</a>New ZealandWorld newsJohn KeyKim DotcomJulian AssangeMediaWikiLeaksFBIMegauploadNSASurveillanceWarner BrosEdward SnowdenSat, 20 Sep 2014 22:15:53 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/20/new-zealand-election-john-key-kim-dotcom-landslidePhotograph: Ross Setford/EPANew Zealand's prime minister John Key speaks after being elected to a third term. Photograph: Ross Setford/EPAPhotograph: Ross Setford/EPANew Zealand's prime minister John Key speaks after being elected to a third term. Photograph: Ross Setford/EPAToby Manhire in Auckland2014-09-20T22:15:53ZThe ultimate internet glossary: from 4chan to Zyngahttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/12/glossary-internet-4chan-lolcats-buzzfeed-zynga
<p>Know your lolz from your lulzsec, and your belfies from your selfies? <strong>Hannah Jane Parkinson</strong> is here to help with an <em>almost</em> definitive list of digital geekery</p><p><a href="http://www.4chan.org/">4chan</a> has been in the news recently, as the site that hosted <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/jennifer-lawrence-rihanna-star-victims-hacked-nude-pictures">hacked photographs</a> of naked celebrities, including <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/jennifer-lawrence">Jennifer Lawrence</a> (you may have heard about this). But what is 4chan? Well, basically, it’s an aesthetically-ugly-as-sin image board which allows users to post pretty much anything. It was started by a teenage boy in his bedroom (obviously), originally as a means of sharing <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/manga">manga</a> and <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/anime">anime</a>.</p><p>What. RT <a href="https://twitter.com/Gawker">@Gawker</a>: Is this amusement park ride giving women orgasms, or what?</p><p>The internet has developed this thing about me – and I’m not even a computer guy, you know? I don’t know why it is happening. I’m trying not to… lemme say this: I’m now of the mindset that, when in Rome, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QTWTAIN?src=hash">#QTWTAIN</a> RT <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul">@JohnRentoul</a>: Can anyone translate this <a href="https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch">@rupertmurdoch</a> tweet? <a href="https://t.co/XJdyb1jmZn">https://t.co/XJdyb1jmZn</a></p><p>A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and shared via social media</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/12/glossary-internet-4chan-lolcats-buzzfeed-zynga">Continue reading...</a>InternetTechnologySocial mediaSocial networkingeBayBuzzFeedWikipediaNicolas CageDigital mediaWikiLeaksBitcoinFacebookTwitterInstagramTwitchDogeCatsPornographyVineYouTubeCryptocurrenciesAnimalsAppsE-commerceBloggingMediaPinterestProgrammingHackingAnonymousComputingJimmy WalesWhatsAppYahooZyngaMark ZuckerbergMyspaceSilk RoadSecond LifeRedditDiggNetflixKim DotcomMegauploadLimeWireKim Kardashian WestMobileMobile phonesKickstarterCrowdfundingMicrosoftGoogleGoogle+FlickrFoursquareFriends ReunitedFlappy BirdFirefoxMozillaEncryptionDropboxDarknetChatrouletteWeb browsersAppleiOSLulzSecWeb filtering4chanFilesharingSoftwareGamesRecommendation sitesLocation based servicesLouise MenschSean ParkerThu, 11 Sep 2014 23:00:12 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/12/glossary-internet-4chan-lolcats-buzzfeed-zyngaPhotograph: Amanda Edwards/WireImageInternet heroine Grumpy Cat promotes her eponymous book.Photograph: Amanda Edwards/WireImageInternet heroine Grumpy Cat promotes her eponymous book.Hannah Jane Parkinson2014-09-11T23:00:12ZKim Dotcom: from playboy entrepreneur to political firebrandhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/17/kim-dotcom-megaupload-new-zealand-interview
He was the flamboyant founder of the popular Megaupload site. But when the US got New Zealand police to arrest him on charges of internet piracy, Kim Dotcom began a remarkable fightback<p>There are no hot-tubs. No super-yachts. No models in bikinis. My first encounter with Kim Dotcom is disorienting in many respects, not least for the complete lack of luxury goods and inappropriately dressed women present. Before seeing him take to the stage in Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's South Island, my image of him has come almost solely from the internet: I've seen him posing next to fast cars, sitting on private jets, cavorting with hot chicks. I've seen him holding automatic weapons, gurning in front of helicopters and partying at his house, the so-called Dotcom Mansion, New Zealand's most expensive private home, just outside Auckland. All 6ft 7in of him: a larger-than-life German-Finnish multimillionaire internet mogul-cum-international playboy for whom money, taste and conventional notions about what constitutes an obscene display of wealth have never been any object.</p><p>But at Christchurch's cardboard cathedral, a striking temporary structure erected after the city's devastating earthquakes, there are no babes or expensive consumer items. Kim Dotcom's <a href="https://twitter.com/KimDotcom" title="">Twitter profile pic</a> shows him as a shadowy figure in a black beret and sunglasses, but in the flesh he comes across less like an international fugitive from justice than a misplaced German exchange student. He's 40, and dressed in black as he invariably is, but there's still more of the teen geek about him than cyber outlaw being hunted by the FBI. Though that is exactly what he is: in the last two years, the founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload has become, for many, an internet folk hero. <a href="http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/January/12-crm-074.html" title="">The US government alleges</a> he is a pirate, a career criminal who swindled the Hollywood studios out of their rightful copyright earnings, and they are desperately trying to extradite him from his adopted home in New Zealand to stand trial in the US, where he faces up to 88 years in jail. To others, younger people predominantly, he's up there with Assange and Snowden: a web freedom fighter unwilling to kowtow to the US government's bullying ways.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/17/kim-dotcom-megaupload-new-zealand-interview">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomSurveillanceInternetTechnologyNew ZealandPoliticsSocial mediaMegauploadSun, 17 Aug 2014 04:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/17/kim-dotcom-megaupload-new-zealand-interviewPhotograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty Images‘Larger than life’: Kim Dotcom, entrepreneur, playboy, digital pioneer, fugitve and, now, revolutionary? Photograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty Images‘Larger than life’: Kim Dotcom, entrepreneur, playboy, digital pioneer, fugitve and, now, revolutionary? Photograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty ImagesCarole Cadwalladr2014-08-17T04:00:00ZKim Dotcom and Megaupload sued for copyright infringement by music labelshttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/11/riaa-mpaa-megaupload-kim-dotcom-piracy-lawsuits
<p>RIAA civil lawsuit follows MPAA filing, but cyberlocker's lawyer slams 'assault by Hollywood on cloud storage in general'</p><p>Megaupload may have shut down in January 2012 after its founder Kim Dotcom was arrested on copyright infringement charges, but the cloud storage service is now facing new civil lawsuits from the music and film industries.</p><p>US music industry body <a href="http://76.74.24.142/40C910E7-53DE-7CE4-3FCE-4DAE2F3B1D87.pdf">the RIAA has filed a lawsuit on behalf of its members</a>, targeting Dotcom, two of his colleagues Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk, and investor Vestor Limited.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/11/riaa-mpaa-megaupload-kim-dotcom-piracy-lawsuits">Continue reading...</a>MegauploadKim DotcomPiracyMusic industryFilm industryTechnologyInternetCloud computingYouTubeFri, 11 Apr 2014 10:01:47 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/11/riaa-mpaa-megaupload-kim-dotcom-piracy-lawsuitsPhotograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty ImagesMegaupload founder Kim Dotcom is now facing two civil lawsuits as well as criminal charges. Photograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty ImagesMegaupload founder Kim Dotcom is now facing two civil lawsuits as well as criminal charges. Photograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty ImagesStuart Dredge2014-04-11T10:01:47ZKim Dotcom faces massive lawsuit by big-name Hollywood studioshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/08/kim-dotcom-faces-massive-lawsuit-by-big-name-hollywood-studios
<p>20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Columbia and Warner Bros go to court claiming Megaupload copyright breach</p><p>Six major Hollywood film studios have filed a massive copyright infringement lawsuit against Kim Dotcom and his now defunct file-sharing website, Megaupload.<br></p><p>The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) said on Tuesday that 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros had filed the action in a US court.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/08/kim-dotcom-faces-massive-lawsuit-by-big-name-hollywood-studios">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomNew ZealandMegauploadFilm industryFilmTechnologyUS newsWorld newsTue, 08 Apr 2014 03:55:24 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/08/kim-dotcom-faces-massive-lawsuit-by-big-name-hollywood-studiosPhotograph: Sarah Robson/AAP ImageKim Doctcom launching his website, Mega, in Auckland in 2013. Photograph: Sarah Robson/AAPPhotograph: Sarah Robson/AAP ImageKim Doctcom launching his website, Mega, in Auckland in 2013. Photograph: Sarah Robson/AAPAustralian Associated Press2014-04-08T03:55:24ZInternet tycoon Kim Dotcom launches own political party in New Zealandhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/27/kim-dotcom-launches-new-zealand-political-party
Megaupload founder, battling extradition to the US, says his Internet party will contest general election in September<p>Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom, who is battling extradition to the US, launched his own political party in New Zealand on Thursday – campaigning for a "free and fair" society.</p><p>The flamboyant German-born founder of the Megaupload filesharing site claimed his Internet party would "play an important role" in the general election scheduled for September.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/27/kim-dotcom-launches-new-zealand-political-party">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomTechnologyMegauploadInternetFilesharingComputingNew ZealandAsia PacificAdolf HitlerWorld newsThu, 27 Mar 2014 19:33:07 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/27/kim-dotcom-launches-new-zealand-political-partyPhotograph: Nigel Marple/ReutersMegaupload founder Kim Dotcom at the launch of a new filesharing site in Auckland in 2013. Photograph: Nigel Marple/ReutersPhotograph: Nigel Marple/ReutersMegaupload founder Kim Dotcom at the launch of a new filesharing site in Auckland in 2013. Photograph: Nigel Marple/ReutersAFP in Wellington2014-03-27T19:33:07ZHotfile to pay Hollywood studios $80m damages in filesharing settlementhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/04/hotfile-hollywood-filesharing-damages-mpaa
Online storage service must also shut down unless it adopts technology to filter out infringing films<p>Filesharing website Hotfile has been ordered to pay $80m to movie studios, and shut down unless it starts using filtering technology to prevent copyright infringement of their works.</p><p>The settlement came just before a court case triggered by a lawsuit against the online storage service, led by industry body the MPAA –&nbsp;its second such victory in a matter of months, following the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/18/isohunt-bittorrent-search-shut-mpaa">shutdown of BitTorrent search engine IsoHunt</a> in October.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/04/hotfile-hollywood-filesharing-damages-mpaa">Continue reading...</a>PiracyFilmFilm industryMegauploadTechnologyWed, 04 Dec 2013 11:54:36 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/04/hotfile-hollywood-filesharing-damages-mpaaPhotograph: Carol and Mike Werner/AlamyHotfile's shutdown follows the MPAA's similar victory over IsoHunt. Illustration: Carol and Mike Werner/AlamyPhotograph: Carol and Mike Werner/AlamyHotfile's shutdown follows the MPAA's similar victory over IsoHunt. Illustration: Carol and Mike Werner/AlamyStuart Dredge2013-12-04T11:54:36ZKim Dotcom's Mega 'not being used for wide-scale copyright infringement'https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/17/kim-dotcom-mega-vikram-kumar-piracy
CEO Vikram Kumar claims cloud storage service is appealing less to pirates and more to 'accountants, lawyers, financial advisers, architects…'<p>Kim Dotcom may be seen as a villainous pirate-king by the creative industries, but his Mega cloud storage service is attracting white-collar professionals, according to its chief executive Vikram Kumar.</p><p>"The segment that seems to be most interested in Mega, and in paying for space, security and privacy tends to be professionals," Kumar told the Copyright and Technology conference in London this morning, beaming in for his keynote interview via Skype.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/17/kim-dotcom-mega-vikram-kumar-piracy">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomMegauploadCloud computingMusic industryFilm industryPiracyTechnologyThu, 17 Oct 2013 09:56:13 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/17/kim-dotcom-mega-vikram-kumar-piracyPhotograph: Jessie Casson/GuardianKim Dotcom. Photograph: Jessie Casson for the GuardianPhotograph: Jessie Casson/GuardianKim Dotcom. Photograph: Jessie Casson for the GuardianStuart Dredge2013-10-17T09:56:13ZKim Dotcom slammed as 'chubby Che Guevara' at music body the BPI's annual general meetinghttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/04/kim-dotcom-crispin-hunt-piracy-bpi
Former Longpigs star and current co-CEO of Featured Artists Coalition Crispin Hunt calls for labels to reveal Megaupload mogul 'as the self-interested privateer that he is'<p>In the mid 1990s, Crispin Hunt was the singer in Britpop band Longpigs. After they broke up, he forged a career in songwriting, working with artists including Lana del Rey, Florence + the Machine and Cee-Lo Green.</p><p>He's also currently the co-CEO of campaigning body the <a href="http://thefac.org/">Featured Artists Coalition</a>, which aims to provide a voice for musicians in the debates around piracy and new digital business models.</p><p>"No artist with anything worth saying wants to live in a medieval world of cottage industry that Kim Dotcom and co prescribe, retraining as a plumber in the day and making bedroom albums, uploaded to an ocean of mediocrity along with the 10,000 other works of genius uploaded to SoundCloud every day, eking a living from selling CDs and t-shirts at poorly-attended gigs, peopled by an audience of well-wishing friends, who all crowdfunded their mates' albums, exhausted at the choice of 30 gigs a night to see in Norwich alone, and bored by the endless tours of ageing dads on stage who would much rather be settled down watching Later with the kids than donning Paul Weller-style Indie Man Hair and flogging around the toilets of Britain in a splitter, whilst some kid rips the life-work of their youth from HulkShare because he wants to spend his money on Gran Turismo 25."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/04/kim-dotcom-crispin-hunt-piracy-bpi">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomMegauploadMusic industryPiracySpotifyGoogleTechnologyMediaDigital music and audioMusicWed, 04 Sep 2013 17:38:23 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/04/kim-dotcom-crispin-hunt-piracy-bpiPhotograph: Jessie Casson/GuardianKim Dotcom. Photograph: Jessie Casson for the GuardianPhotograph: Jessie Casson/GuardianKim Dotcom. Photograph: Jessie Casson for the GuardianStuart Dredge2013-09-04T17:38:23ZKim Dotcom lambasts 'largest data massacre in the history of the internet'https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jun/20/kim-dotcom-leaseweb-megaupload-data-internet
Hosting provider says it stored data for a year with 'nobody showing interest' before reprovisioning for other customers<p>Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has attacked the internet-hosting company LeaseWeb after it wiped data from 630 servers that were used by his online storage service before it was shut down in January 2012.</p><p>Dotcom raged against LeaseWeb's decision in a <a href="http://storify.com/stuartdredge/kim-dotcom-rages-against-leaseweb">series of tweets</a> starting on Wednesday afternoon, suggesting in characteristically bombastic style that "this is the largest data massacre in the history of the internet".</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jun/20/kim-dotcom-leaseweb-megaupload-data-internet">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomMegauploadTechnologyPiracyFilesharingInternetData and computer securityComputingThu, 20 Jun 2013 08:56:14 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jun/20/kim-dotcom-leaseweb-megaupload-data-internetPhotograph: Jessie Casson/GuardianKim Dotcom, Megaupload founder, who has raged against LeaseWeb in a series of tweets. Photograph: Jessie Casson for the GuardianPhotograph: Jessie Casson/GuardianKim Dotcom, Megaupload founder, who has raged against LeaseWeb in a series of tweets. Photograph: Jessie Casson for the GuardianStuart Dredge2013-06-20T08:56:14ZSecurity alert: notes from the frontline of the war in cyberspacehttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/04/security-alert-war-in-cyberspace
The battle for control of cyberspace is turning nasty, with young hackers, pirates and activists facing long prison sentences. We report from the frontline<p>A short, handsome man bounces outside the colossal courthouse on Walnut Street, Newark, New Jersey. He's doing it to keep warm – it is freezing today – and also because he's fired up. His name is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weev" title="">Andrew Auernheimer</a>, but he's known across the internet as "weev". His 20 or so friends are young and pale, as if they spend too much time indoors. One, a good-looking woman, starts crying.</p><p>"I'll miss you, darling," he says, hugging her. "Don't cry on me now. It's all right."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/04/security-alert-war-in-cyberspace">Continue reading...</a>HackingPiracyKim DotcomAnonymousLulzSecFilesharingMegauploadPirate BayRedditBitTorrentFBIInternetTechnologyUS newsWorld newsTelecomsNew ZealandAsia PacificPayPalSat, 04 May 2013 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/04/security-alert-war-in-cyberspacePhotograph: Mark Mahaney/GuardianAndrew Auernheimer: 'Powerful people want to throw you in jail when you humiliate them. And I'm going to do it again and again, even from a prison cell.' Photograph: Mark Mahaney for the GuardianPhotograph: Mark Mahaney/GuardianAndrew Auernheimer: 'Powerful people want to throw you in jail when you humiliate them. And I'm going to do it again and again, even from a prison cell.' Photograph: Mark Mahaney for the GuardianJon Ronson2013-05-04T08:00:00ZMegaupload founder Kim Dotcom closer to extradition following rulinghttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/mar/01/megaupload-founder-kit-dotcom-closer-extradition
US does not have to hand over all its evidence against Dotcom and three colleagues, says appeals court in New Zealand<p>US prosecutors have won a court case that brings them a step closer in their attempts to have the Megaupload founder and three of his colleagues extradited from New Zealand.</p><p>The appeals court in Wellington overturned an earlier ruling that would have allowed Kim Dotcom and the others broad access to evidence in the case against them at the time of their extradition hearing, which is scheduled for August. The four are accused of facilitating massive copyright fraud through the internet filesharing site.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/mar/01/megaupload-founder-kit-dotcom-closer-extradition">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomMegauploadNew ZealandFilesharingInternetTechnologyComputingAsia PacificWorld newsExtraditionLawUS newsFri, 01 Mar 2013 08:38:29 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/mar/01/megaupload-founder-kit-dotcom-closer-extraditionPhotograph: Richard Robinson/APKim Dotcom and his three colleagues say they cannot be held responsible for others who used the filesharing site to illegally download songs and film. Photograph: Richard Robinson/APPhotograph: Richard Robinson/APKim Dotcom and his three colleagues say they cannot be held responsible for others who used the filesharing site to illegally download songs and film. Photograph: Richard Robinson/APAssociated Press in Wellington2013-03-01T08:38:29ZKim Dotcom: the internet cult hero spoiling for a fight with US authoritieshttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/18/kim-dotcom-fight-internet-freedom
German-born former hacker says his eyes have been opened to US tactics after his Megaupload site was shut down last year<p>In massive, swaggering capital letters, "Mega" stretches across the grassy slope in front of Dotcom Mansion. A huddle of electricians and carpenters are removing the wooden stencils and wiring in the fluorescent tubes. They are up to G. All around the vast grounds of Kim Dotcom's luxury home just north of Auckland, New Zealand, gardeners and technicians are busy, like Oompa-Loompas at the Chocolate Factory, setting up for the big night, overlooked by life-size inflatable giraffes and hippos.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/18/kim-dotcom-fight-internet-freedom">Continue reading...</a>Kim DotcomMegauploadInternetPiracyTechnologyNew ZealandAsia PacificWorld newsUS newsFri, 18 Jan 2013 20:58:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/18/kim-dotcom-fight-internet-freedomToby Manhire in Auckland2013-01-18T20:58:00Z